Originally Posted by irrelevant

I’ve used PBS elsewhere. The top 10% in seat and domicile will benefit the most from PBS (that’s where I am currently with PSA). 11%-20% will get “most” of what they want, but not all. 21%-35% will get maybe half-2/3 of what they want. By 40%, most weekends off will be gone. 50%-65% will get the scraps, and the last 35% will still be on reserve. PBS will also create scheduling efficiencies for the company that will require fewer Captains, and fewer First Officers.

Contrast that to line bidding & SAP, where the most junior round one lineholder doesn’t have to work any weekends or holidays if they choose to.

I personally am in a position where I’d benefit the most from PBS, but I post this to help others who haven’t used it understand that PBS alone will have a significant impact on their schedule, based on where they sit in relative seniority. I’d estimate 90% of the First Officers I fly with have no idea what their relative seniority is, and at least 2/3 of them can’t tell me what their overall seniority number was as of the last monthly seniority list update.

That level of ignorance is troubling, when combined with the union pushing for PBS. I understand PSA ALPA claims SAP will remain unaffected, but I’ve seen so many poorly implemented changes over the last five years, that I don’t think it’s unreasonable to have concern about what they are negotiating in secret.